| It is time for a new toy, a toy that is likely to be the | | | | The main visual input comes from a color-camera |
| christmas gift of 2007. The webkinz craze is going on | | | | that allows the toy to track objects and it also has |
| and the webkinz has made everyone wanting a | | | | an infrared device that helps it recognize different |
| virtual pet. Now it is time for a robot pet, a webkinz | | | | people and objects. |
| that moves outside the virtual world and into the real | | | | The main audio input is two microphones allowing |
| world. Ugobe's Pleo Dinosaur is here. | | | | stereophonic hearing and it responds to direction of |
| In this article you'll learn more about this new toy and | | | | sounds and a sudden loud sound might startle it. |
| it features. | | | | Integrated in the skin of the dinosaur there are |
| Ugobe's Pleo Dinosaur is a highly technological toy. It | | | | several devices that detects when it is touched and |
| is delivered as a one week old dinosaur and it knows | | | | how it is touched. If the toy is handled roughly it will |
| nothing about the world it is about to enter. This dino | | | | shut down to protect the advanced electronics. |
| only knows how to move and how to learn, just like | | | | Pleo has two 32-bit microprocessors for central and |
| a real puppy. After you have played with it for | | | | image processing, and four 8-bit sub-processors for |
| awhile, it learns new things. It responds to your tone | | | | motor control. This robotic life form also has multiple |
| of voice and it responds to the way you touch it. It | | | | built-in data ports, including a mini USB port for online |
| develops 'emotions' and it gets happy and it gets sad. | | | | downloads, an SD card slot for Pleo add-ons, and the |
| The Pleo Dinosaur is powered by a operating system | | | | infrared transceiver that allows Pleo-to-Pleo |
| that connects a lot of different input systems into a | | | | communications. |
| network and it has an amazing artificial intelligence | | | | If the batteries are getting weaker so is Pleo and |
| system that learns from different experiences. | | | | you will know that it is time to recharge him! |